Quotes About Honesty

The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.

Never liked Kolanos. Was at a feast with him one time. Never heard him fart at all. Can't trust a man who doesn't fart at a feast.

I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks

I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks - Surely it is only with friends that one can be at peace. - It is easier with strangers, for they touch your life but for an instant. You will not disappoint them, for you owe them nothing; neither do they expect anything. Friends you can hurt, for they expect everything.

If the laughter is canned, so are you.

Tell the truth,' Nels said. 'Decide to tell the truth before it's too late.

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Don't tell lies, or even exaggerate. At all. Ever. 3.

The trick of earning trust is to avoid all tricks.

Toby. - It was how I was always told you could get women into bed. By doing something called 'listening to their problems'. It's a contemptible tactic. Kyra. - You wouldn't do it? Toby. - No. Of course not. You know me, Kyra. I wouldn't stoop to it. Either they want you or else they don't. Listening's halfway to begging.

Alis grave nil. May language release you from its lies.

on. It took a Trump to look her in the eye with seventy million people watching during one of the presidential debates and say, "You are a liar and a crook," which she was both. Everybody knew it, but only Donald Trump dared to utter it out loud.

Most politicians use language to conceal what they think. Or to conceal the fact that they don't think. Many are trained as lawyers and use language to win support rather than to define the truth. Being blunt hasn't hurt me so far.

Whenever you are questioning a person's desire for something, consider what he does, not necessarily what he says.

When experience flies into realms that language cannot touch, honesty demands beyond-language.

Fiction writing feels more honest to me.

We need encouragement, not sermonizing, and we need clear-eyed acknowledgement of the situation, not a sanctified gloss that pushes us toward saying, 'I see I must not admit my pain because, after all, I'm a Christian. I'll just have to cover it up.

Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed.

A critical person seldom recognizes his own shortcomings, only those of others (Matthew 7:3).

Jesus said, "Nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light" (Luke 8:17).

It's hopeless to argue with conspiracy theorists, or Flat Earthers. Life is short, irrationality is endless. Spending time and energy engaging with someone who has displayed consistent irrationality is the loss of time that could be spent engaging with more reasonable and honest partners.

When you get down to the bottom of it, only about half of what we remember really happened. We tend to modify things to make ourselves look better in our own eyes and in the eyes of others. Then, if what we did wasn't really very admirable, we tend to forget that it ever happened. A normal human being's grasp on reality is very tenuous at best. Our imaginary lives are usually much nicer.

sometimes it's okay to cheat on things - but don't ever cheat on people. because once you start, it's very hard to stop. you find out how easy it is to do.

I want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt.